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A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be … Hugh Giffard, the prince's governor. Ibid. 425. Richard le Marshal was to be kept in the castle with a horse and a groom …
Survey of London Monograph
… Windsor Herald WINDSOR HERALD The office of Windsor is said to have been instituted for the … R.L. 6 November 1929. Bluemantle 1933; Windsor 1947; Earl Marshal's Secretary 195461; M.V.O., 1961. Arms: Quarterly in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 52 WINTERBORNE CLENSTON (8302) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 SW) The parish of Winterborne Clenston, with an area of 1,300 acres entirely on Chalk, extends across the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 55 WINTERBORNE STICKLAND (8304) Winterborne Stickland, the Parish Church of St. Mary (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 NW, ST 80 SW) The parish, of over 2,100 acres, lies entirely upon Chalk and rises to an …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… (8300) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 SW, ST 80 SE, SY 89 NW) The parish lies in the valley of the Winterborne brook and has an area of 3,436 acres, entirely on Chalk. Until 1933 Milton Abbas …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the … originally the same as in the other Marshland villages of the Isle, but in Leverington has been considerably …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride the Well Stream. Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as … Together they stretch about 4 miles along the old course of the Nene, and are locally considered, probably with truth, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Tydd St. Giles TYDD ST. GILES Tydd St. Giles, the northernmost parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in Lincolnshire. This stream has shrunk to a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Corporation elections CORPORATION ELECTIONS The annual election of the capital burgesses was made an excuse for festivities. … they were modest. In 1617, for example, an expenditure of only 3 s. 3 d., which included bread, beer, and a fire in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Guild of the holy trinity GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY The Guild of the Holy Trinity was much the …